30. Choose one of the options to fill in the gaps.

1. He ___ to become a publisher in the first place, but once he had taken it up the profession had appeared to absorb all his interests.

a) may not have wanted b) may want c) might want

2. Ask him if we ___ look round the laboratory.

a) is able to b) may c) are allowed

3. When he married her she ___ more than sixteen.

a) can be b) couldn’t have been c) may not be

4. It’s getting dark. What time ___ it be now?

a) can b) could c) might

5. He thought it likely that Blair ___ away unnoticed.

a) may get b) need get c) might have got

6. He’s got a big family. I can easily imagine that he ___ be looking for a better job.

a) are able to b) isn’t allowed to c) might

7. I see one of my statuettes has been broken. – I can’t think what ___ to it.

a) should happen b) could have happened c) must happen

8. I ___ to work very hard this week.

a) must b) should c) have

9. Mrs. Cromwell took us round the yacht. There was no doubt that it ___ her a lot of money.

a) needn’t have cost b) mustn’t have cost c) must have cost

10. It’s an important question. You ___ it with your scientific adviser.

a) needn’t have discussed b) can’t discuss c) should have discussed

11. At half past two I heard Hudson grunt, put down his book and switch out the light. He ___ since midnight.

a) must have been reading b) must read c) must have read

12. Your task is very simple. You ___ all the books in the alphabetical order.

a) shouldn’t arrange b) should have arranged c) ought to arrange

13. He ___ often fall asleep with a book in his hands and spectacles on his nose.

a) would b) wouldn’t c) need

14. She bought a loaf of bread. – She ___ it. We have enough bread. It will be stale.

a) needn’t have bought b) need buy c) needn’t buy

15. He was driving at a great speed. He knew that about this hour the guests ___ at his house.

a) might arrive b) might have been arriving c) might have been arrived

16. I asked his wife what was wrong with him, but she ___ answer.

a) is able to b) needn’t c) wouldn’t

17. Unfortunately I ___ speak to my father. I didn’t catch him at home.

a) can’t b) won’t be able to c) couldn’t

18. Everything is settled. Now I ___ go to London.

a) don’t have to b) haven’t c) didn’t have to

19. She ___ this car. It’s so expensive. Now she is short of money.

a) shouldn’t have been bought b) shouldn’t has bought

c) shouldn’t have bought

20. Shall I tell you how it all happened? – No, you ___. I know all about it.

a) need b) needn’t c) needn’t to

Sequence of Tenses.

31. Choose one of the options to fill in the gaps.

1. The teacher told his students that he ___ to give them a test.

a) were going b) was going c) is going

2. I told him that I ___ his brother for a long time.

a) hasn’t seen b) hadn’t seen c) haven’t seen

3. The engineer told his workers that he ___ with their work.

a) is pleased b) were pleased c) was pleased

4. I asked my friend ___ me outside the cinema at six o’clock.

a) met b) meets c) to meet

5. Mary said that she ___ to wear her old dress.

a) didn’t want b) don’t want c) doesn’t want

6. The old man told the little girl ___ across the street.

a) do not run b) to run not c) not to run

7. Tom asked Bob ___.

a) where lives his uncle b) where did his uncle live

c) where his uncle lived

8. Jack asked me if I ___ to the cinema with him.

a) go b) will go c) would go

9. Tom said he ___ the doctor the next day.

a) visits b) would visit c) will visit

10. He told me he ___ ill.

a) is b) was c) will be

11. She told me that Tom ___ to work the day before.

a) does not come b) had not come c) did not come

12. I told my sister that she ___ cold.

a) might catch b) may catch c) might to catch

13. She told me she ___ in the garden for an hour.

a) had been working b) has been working c) have been working

14. He said that while crossing the English Channel they ___ on deck all the time.

a) had stayed b) stay c) have stayed

15. The woman said she ___ sick while crossing the Channel.

a) feels b) had felt c) has felt

16. She said she ___ bad that day.

a) is feeling b) have feeling c) was feeling

17. The old man told the doctor that he ___ pain in his right side.

a) have b) has c) had

18. He said he ___ just been examined by a good doctor.

a) have b) had c) was

19. He said he ___ to school until Monday.

a) would not go b) will not go c) did not go

20. The man said he ___ a month at a health resort.

a) had spent b) has spent c) spends